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. W. E. BRADNER.

' SHAWL STRAP. N0. 269,509. Patented'Dec. 26, 1882.

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\VILLIAM E. BRADNER, QF NEWARK,NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO A. KAUFMANN, .OF NEW YORK, N. 1.

SHAWL-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,509, dated December 26, 1882.

Application filed May 4, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom M71104] concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BRADNER, of Newark, in the-county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Shawl-Straps, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an-improvetnent in shawl-straps wherein a web or strap is used by winding up to engage the package; and it consists in a rotating handle, on the ends of which the web is wound up; and in a pawl, ratchet, and spring, and in the construction and arrangement, substantially as herein set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. plan section of the frame. 'Fig. 3 is a crosssection of Fig. 1 on a line ofm ac. Figs. 4 and 5 are inside views of the ends of the frame, showing the relations of the ratchet, pawl, and spring. Figs. 6 and 7 are detailed views.

In my construction I provide for winding the web A up on the ends of the wooden handle' B, the handle being hung in the frame 0.

p The handle is provided at each end with a slit or lterf, D, in which the two ends of the web arelapped zmilzald bytacksT,driven through the wood and the ends of the web. On each end of the handle is placed a metal cap, E,

having the feathers F, made to enter the end of the kerf outside of the web, the feathers keep-.

ratchet by a spring, K, having one end attached t0 the pawl and the other to the end H, so that when the pawl is thrown up, as in Fig.4, the spring pressesitagainst the ratchet; but when it is thrown down, as in Fig. 5, in passing the center of pressure the spring bears Fig.2 is a the pawl down and keeps it outof the way or out of contact with the ratchet when the web is being unwound to receive a package. The web passes through the slots L in the base of the frame 0, which keep it in place.

In use the package is placed inside of the webs, and the handle is turned, winding them up until the package is brought up in close contact with the under side of the frame, and held in a very convenient portable position.

I do not claim broadly aspringaccomplishing the work of holding the pawl in and out of contact with the ratchet, for that in another form may have been done.

I claim- 1. In a shawl-strap, the handle B, having the kerfs D, adapted to receive the ends of the web A and feather F of the cap E, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The cap E, having the recessadapting it to cover the split end of the handle B, and having the feather F, fitted to enter the end of the kerfs D, and provided with the ratchet G, in combination with the handle 13, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the handle B, having the kerfs l), the cap E,'provided with the feathers F and ratchet G, and thepawl I, substantially as and for purpose named.

4. In combination with the handle B, having the kerfs D, the web A, having the ends secured in said kerfs, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a shawl-strap, the combination of the handle provided with the ratchet G, and the frame H, carrying the pawl I and provided with the curved spring K, one end of which is secured to the frame and the other to the pawl, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM E. BRADNER. Witnesses:

Hormon HARRIS,

S. R. STEADMAN. 

